Who would have ever guessed two months ago that life would be so different in such a short time? We worship at home via Facebook live from https://www.facebook.com/colonialkc We have to hold a birthday party for my 97-year-old neighbor on her patio while she its inside. I bake ten loaves of bread to give away to those who can’t get out of the house. I make nearly sixty masks for people to help control the virus. There is a…
I went out my front door on Saturday and found this mess. Obviously, a robin family decided my mail box would be their new home. Evidently, there is a shortage of housing sites as well as toilet paper! I got busy with my broom and paper towels and cleaned the porch. To my surprise, I went to the front door Easter Sunday morning to find they had rebuilt the mess, complete with mud to stick it securely in place. Once…
When I learned to sew over fifty-five years ago I never dreamed I would ever sew face masks. I’ve sewn dresses, coats, men’s pants and shirts and drapes, but never any medical equipment. The first call came a couple of weeks ago from my grandson asking for masks for the company where he works. “How many do you want?” “Forty.” So I set to work. The quarter inch elastic is as scarce as hen’s teeth. After I ran out I…
In this time of Corona virus 19 we have been put in time out so we can tune in to life in a slower lane. Sunday I watched church (Colonial Presbyterian Church Live) on Facebook. Then I went out to clean up the debris of dead plants left from winter. As I pulled some weeds I noticed tiny pine cones blown from my neighbor’s tree. We had some 50 mile-per-hour winds the other night that must have blown a bunch…
With companies laying off people and others out of work because their jobs are considered “Non-essential,” many people are out of work. I ran across this link directing people to part time and full time jobs. Perhaps you know someone who could use this information. https://fox4kc.com/news/looking-for-a-job-because-of-coronavirus-these-companies-are-hiring/
In these uncertain times, a scripture keeps coming to mind. It reads: “Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not look anxiously about you for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand,” Isaiah 41:10. When I awoke the other morning, I got the idea to type multiple copies of that scripture on a sheet and cut them to make little love notes…
In Numbers 21:5-9 we have an interesting story. The Israelites were complaining about being in the desert with no water and only having manna to eat. The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people. The bites turned out to be lethal. The people came to Moses confessing the sin of complaining against God and their leader, Moses. They asked Moses to intercede in prayer for them for God to remove the snakes. God answered telling Moses to make a bronze…
A week ago we had the privilege of hearing Pastor Andrew Brunson and his wife, Norine, speak at our church. He was held hostage in several Turkish prisons for over two years with three life sentences hanging over his head. One of the many cells he occupied was built for eight, but housed twenty Muslim prisoners. He was accused of being a CIA agent, among many other things. He and his wife had served served as Presbyterian missionaries to Turkey…
A person recently said to me, “I want to retire at 55 and die when I’m 70.” I replied, “Forever why? Do you think you would be no longer useful at 70?” “Exactly. Seventy is old enough.” It made me think of a scripture in Jeremiah 17: 5-6 which tells us that those who trust in mankind and makes flesh his strength, who turns his heart away from the Lord will be like a bush in the desert and will…
Recently my attention was drawn to the significance of hyssop in the Bible. The first mention of it is in Exodus 12:22 when the Lord instructed Moses how to prepare for the Passover. He said: “You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the…